Chapter 6
I woke to a searing pain in my side, I opened my eyes to find a burning branch on me. I yowled for help but was too quiet to be heard, I coughed on the smoke and tried to wiggle free. A cat appeared out of the fire, I knew it was Finchpaw. He grabbed my scruff and pulled me free, I saw the flames of the fire as I was dragged out of camp. I closed my eyes and went unconscious, I knew I wasn't dead but I was badly burnt.
A few hours later.
I woke again to a sore throat and burning lungs, I coughed a few times and finch paw came over with some wet moss. I lapped it up, I looked at him.
"Thank you Finchpaw," I said.
"Your welcome," Finchpaw said, I found it odd of him to just stare away from me.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's nothing we have a new member over there," Finchpaw said, when he pointed to the new she-cat apprentice he sighed as if he loved her. I looked away, I thought we had a future but now I saw that wasn't going to happen.
"I am going to go hunt, don't dare try to stop me we need to be fed," I said, I expected him to say good bye but he said nothing. I hissed silently and ran, I came across a burrow that smelled of mice. I dug them out and killed all of them, I took them back to the others. Each cat got a piece each, I ate alone. Jay paw came up to me, he had a few remaining herbs on him.
"Hey Hollypaw what's bothering you, you seem to be ignoring most of us," Jaypaw said.
"It's about Finchpaw, he loves the new apprentice," I said.
"Hey you will find the perfect Tom don't worry," Jaypaw said, Finchpaw padded over to me.
"Hey want to go hunting, I owe you for acting like a love struck Tom," Finchpaw said, I twitched my ear.
"Sure," I said, I thought while we hunted. I caught a few stray mice, a pigeon and a few voles. I padded back to our makeshift camp, I dropped the prey and went to sit under a tree. Finchpaw came over and dropped a mouse, he sat down.
"Want to share?" Finchpaw asked.
"Sure," I said, we shared the mouse when we headed back to camp. When we got there I knew there was going to be a meeting, I knew we were 6 moons old but never expected to be a warrior this soon.
"All cats olde enough to catch their own prey gather around to hear my words, we have three new warriors with us today, Mousepaw, Finchpaw, Hollypaw do you promise to uphold the warrio code and protect this clan even at the cost of your own life," Lionstar called.
"I do," we said at once.
"Then by the powers of starclan I give you your warriors names, Mousepaw you shall be known as Mouseflame, Finchpaw you shall be known as Finchfeather, Hollypaw you shall be known as Hollyfang, starclan welcomes you as full warriors to this clan," Lionstar said.
"Mouseflame, Finchfeather, Hollyfang!" All cats called, I noticed the new cat had gone missing. I didn't care, we went and started repairing camp. I was working on the nursery with Finchfeather when I heard pawsteps behind me, I turned to see Lynxfeather.
"You two your coming with me on a hunting patrol," Lynxfeather said, we padded into the forest after her. We got down to the lake when I saw a snake, I pounced on it as it went to strike Finchfeather. He jumped when he heard the snake hiss, I killed the snake and both Lynxfeather and Finchfeather looked at me.
"Look the true reason I dragged you two out here is because I trust only you on this for now, I am expecting Whiskerfangs kits,"Lynxfeather said, I purred in happiness beside Finchfeather. Lynxfeather purred, we caught a few mice and headed into camp. I knew one day I would have kits because of the prophecy, but the question was who would the father be. I padded into camp and started to help with the nursery again, I hissed as a briar thorn got stuck in my paw. I pulled it out and licked it, I went back to work. Soon the camp was finished and I was exhausted, I made my nest in the Warriors den. I layed down and drifted off to sleep, the prophecy repeating in my mind.
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